Garment hanger



Sept. 10, 1935. A. G. ANDERSON GARMENTv HANGER Filed July 13, 1934 flnderson/ I INVENTOR ATTORNE Patented Sept. 10, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to garment hangers, and its general object is to provide a hanger that is primarily designed to be connected with respect to a clothes line, rod or the like without fear of casual removal or displacement thereof, yet

the hanger can be easily and expeditiously associated and removed with very little eifort.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger including a. clamping means for associating the hanger with respect to a clothes line or the like, and it is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely efficient in use and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of the hanger which forms the subject matter of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view illustrating the clamping means in elevation.

Figure 3 is a similar View with parts in section.

Figure 4 is an edge elevation.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken approximately on line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken approximately on line (5-6 of Figure 3.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference numeral l indicates the body of my hanger which is of elongated formation for the purpose of receiving garments in the usual manner. ecured to the body and rising centrally therefrom is the shank 2 of the hook portion of the suspending means, and the hook portion includes a main section 3 and an end section 3 to provide the complete hook as shown.

Formed on the confronting ends. of the sections 3 and t and disposed at right angles with respect thereto are cooperating clamping jaws 5 which have their confronting faces concaved in order to receive a clothes line, rod or the like such as indicated by the letter A, to set up a clamping engagement therewith as will be apparent upon inspection of Figure 1.

The jaws are substantially fiat and in order to urge them in clamping association, I provide a fiat ring 6 which is split as shown, with the ends thereof formed on the jaws.

isposed within the ring 6 is a disk block 1 that is provided with a centrally disposed opening 5 for the purpose of receiving a headed pin 8 that secures substantially disk shape plates 9 to the opposite sides thereof, but these plates 9 are spaced with respect to the sides of the ring as clearly shown in Figure 41. 10

The plates 9 have straight bottom edges with the ends thereof bent toward the ring to provide clamping ears to retard spreading of the ring, with the result the clamping jaws are retained in clamping cooperation at all times. 5

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will be obvious that I have provided a garment hanger that includes clamping means for detachably associating the hanger to a clothes line, rod or the like in a manner to pre- 20 vent casual removal and displacement therefrom, and the jaws 5 are easily separated against the tension of the ring 6 which acts in the capacity as a coil spring, when it is desired to remove the hanger from the clothes line, merely by pulling 25 the respective sections 3 and t apart.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make 30 changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: 35

1. In a garment hanger, suspending means therefor including a sectional hook, clamping jaws formed on the sections, a spring ring formed on the jaws for urging the latter toward each other and means carried by the spring ring to 40 prevent undue spreading thereof.

2. In a garment hanger, suspending means therefor and including a sectional hook, clamping jaws formed on the sections, a spring ring formed on the jaws to urge the latter toward 4 each other, a block arranged in the spring ring for fitting association therewith, plates disposed upon opposite sides of the block and spring ring, and ears formed with the plates for engagement with the spring ring to prevent undue spreading thereof.

ALDEN G. ANDERSON. 

